Anvil unit for rivet setting machines



Oct 4, 1949. v. M. CALTHAM 3 ANVIL UNIT FOR RIVET SETTING MACHINES Filed May 2, 1947 3/ RI 32/ Victor M. C'aZziz/am Z0 BY ATTORNE Y1) Patented Oct. 4, 1949 Victor M, Qaltham, Stratford; Conn., assignor to Milford. Rivet and Machine Company, Milford, 1

(20pm, a corporation oi- Connecticut Apnlicafion-May 2,1947, Serial- No. 745,419.

10 Claims.

This invention relates to, rivet settin 110015: such. as roll sets for use. with riveting machines and the like.

The usual roll set consists of, a tubular body o 2 dlsl the, outside diameter of which can be accurately controlled so as to engage the inside of the body as a bearing. The disk has a press fit on the, pin, and may therefore be located in varhaving a spring. ur ed. plun er within. it and ions. positions thereon, so that instead of making having one end closed by anut against which the Or. carrying in, stock avast number of pin-and p in 8 25.. Through n p nin in the other plunger units. providing for'diiierent amounts of end of the, body a. pin projects, the pin being protrusion of the pin, it, is now merely nieces in egral with the Plun er and acting. a a g ide. sari, according to he invention, to shift the over whichtheworktobe riveted is placed. Prior 1Q movement-limiting disk t the roper osition to the actual riveting, the endof the pin is en- 11 the. pin when it is, assembl her and eas d by the end of an automatically fed hollow an extremely simple operation. rivet, and then the pin recedes into the o y, e. disk a curately fits th interior of guiding the. hollow rivetthrough. the, holes in. the. the. body, ere being a clearance of about two work; As; the plunger bottoms, the. endof the 15 and one. half thousandths between the diameters, pin still protrudes slightly trout the body, where the-disk is effective as a. guide and bearing, and up n e a h perates to. lay over the rivet. this, obviates the necessity for having the long In riveting, heretotore-i. a; large number (oftene in in he nose ofthe body. I have found over five hundred) difierent roll sets had to be that the nose bearing nowneed be only from one carried in stock or hadto. be made atone time. 2 to. one and one-half diameters in length ap or another as needed. This was due, in part, mately, and that the rest of the nose may thereto the fact that difierent amounts of; protrusion iore be belied out or cleared so that only a relaoi the, pin. were required practically-for each dif tively short length of the bore oi the nose need terent iob. Since. the. amount of. protrusionv was. be. lapped o fit it, to the pin, and this enables controlled by the plunger engaging. an end wall 25 a substantial saving to be efiected in machining of the cavity in the body, it was necessary, in of. the bodies. Moreover, by having a relatively order to secure a desired tomanarrow disk rather than the longer plunger, a chine-elf a portion oi the upper or outer end oilona r sp maybe ed in the o of the roll the plunger,andin order to. control the amount oi set without increasing he body l th, reducretraction of the pin, o meet-line Ofi a portionof 39 ing the likelihood of spring failure, the lower or inner end ofv the plunger. In one embodiment of the invention illustrated in these prior roll sets, due to the pin herein, the pin extends entirely through the nut being made inte ral with the plunger; certain at th rear of the body a d n s the plate or slow and expensive operations were encountered bed of the machine. This construction has the in manufacture because, in turning down a small advantage that the inner or lower end of the pin diameter pin, only very small cutseould be taken, is also. guided where it passes through the nut; and even at that; the. work. had a tendency to and that the setting of the retracted or backed-up spring and become misaligned,v andthereiore posi ion of the pin may be quickly effected by turn. out unsatisfactory. In no case. couldthe lac g h body a d p c rri d thereby work be done on an economical automatic: screw fixture and facing off, as by grinding, the outer machine, for instance, liace of the nut and adjacent end of the pin or Another dificultywas thatitwas not practical plunger so that both parts areflush with each or economical to make the plunger to accurately other. lit the interior of the body, so as. to givev it, a re In the other embodiment of the invention, the liable. bearing therein. Thereiore, the nose of lower end of the pin does not go through the nut the body had to be provided with a long bearing, but engages an. abutmenton the nut, and for this which required expensive reamingand lappingto construction the amount of retractionof the pin fit; itto th plunger pin. may be adjusted by grinding on either the end According to the present invention these dim: oi the pin or the end of the abutment on the culties and disadvantages re obviated by makn or both. i ing the pin and plunger in two. separate parts Other features and advantages will hereininstead. of integral as heretoiore, the. pin being after appear. preferably made of special. p ecision. drill rod In. the acco p g d n s: ground to accurate diameter, and the plunger Figure 1 is an axial section'taken through a being replaced hr a movement limitlng collar or loll-set made in accordance with the invention,

the pin of the set being in projected position and the set being mounted in the bed of a riveting machine which is also shown partly in section.

Fig. 2 is a view like Fig. 1 but with the pin in retracted or riveting position.

Fig. 3 is a view like Fig. 1 but showing the pin in a different projected position, projecting a greater amount than that shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is a view like Fig. 1 but showing a modification of the invention wherein the rearward end of the pin is adapted to extend through the nut in the supporting body, and is adapted to engage an adjusting screw in the machine bed.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the improved rollset shown therein comprises a tubular body H3 having a straight cylindrical barrel portion H adapted to be received in the cavity l2 of a riveting machine bed I3. The body II) has a tapered nose portion l4 projecting upwardly from the bed l3 of the machine, and at its lower end I5 is provided with internal threads I6 by means of which a threaded plug I! is secured to the body.

The plug [1 has a head l8 with flats by means of which it is tightened and loosened, the said head engaging the end of an adjustment screw l9 carried by the machine bed l3 and locked thereto by a lock-nut20.

In accordance with the invention an improved two-part plunger and pin assembly 2! is provided. to be carried in the body 10 for vertical slidable movement, the said assembly comprising a pin 22 which is preferably formed of hardened precision drill rod having an accurately ground outside diameter and comprising a movement limiting collar or disk 23 which is press-fitted on the pin 22 and is engageable with a shoulder 24 located within the body II] at the base of the nose portion thereof. A spiral compression spring 25 is carried by the pin 22 and engages the disk 23 and also the inner end of the plug l1. so as to normally yieldably hold the pin and plunger assembly in a protruding position as shown in Fig. 1. The disk 23 is relatively thin, that is, it has a short length compared with plungers previously used in roll-sets, and this fact. together with its extremely simple shape, enables it to be economically, accurately formed w th inside and outside diameters held to close tolerances and maintained in accurate concentricity. As a result. due to the accuracy of the diameter of the pin 22 an advantageous ress-fit may he provided between the pin and disk without increasing the cost of these parts beyond a pra ctical point.

As a resul of this construction the in and plunger assembly 2| may be ouickly and easily adjusted to fit various requirements of riveting, as regards the amount of protrusion of the ins from the nose I4 of the body. and therefore there is avoided the necessity for carrying on hand or making up as needed a large number of pin and plunger assemblies, as was heretofore necessary.

For example, if a riveting operation should require that the initial amount of protrusion of the pin 22 be greater than that shown in Fig. 1 this may be had by shifting the disk 23 on the pin to the position as shown on Fig. 3 wherein. when the disk 23 is engaging the shoulder 24 the pin 22 will protrude a greater amount from the nose of the body. as shown. It will thus be seen that it is possible to obtain a great number of different protruded positions of the pin 22 by merely re-positioning the collar 23 on the pin, thereby saving considerable time and expense in making up or carrying a large number of pin and collar assemblies.

For the purpose of backing up the pin 22 when the latter is in retracted position as shown in Fig. 2, an abutment or projection 26 is provided on the end of the plug I! for engagement with the inner end of the pin 22. Where it is desired to adjust the retracted position of the pin, this may be done by grinding ofi a portion of the abutment 26 or of the inner end of the pin 22 or both, as the case may require.

The adjustment for the retracted position of pin 22 is of course separate from the adjustment for the protruded position of the pin as provided by shifting the disk 23 on the pin, and one adjustment normally does not affect the other.

. In the construction provided above by the invention, the disk 23 may closely fit the bore of the cylindrical portion ll of the body If], so as to have a sliding bearing thereon, and as a result the amount of bearing provided by the pin 22 and the nose M of the body may be considerably reduced over that heretofore required. As shown,.the bore of the nose M of the body H1, at the extremit of the nose, closely fits the pin 22 for a length or distance approximately equal to the diameter of the pin, and the remainder of the bore in the nose M may be belled out or cleared, as shown at 21. In some cases the length of the bearing portion may be approximately one and one-half times the diameter of the pin. In either case this is considerably less than that required in roll-sets which lack auxiliary bearing means such as the disk 23, since in such roll-sets it was necessary to provide a close fit of the pin 22 along the entire length of the nose !4. When it is considered that the bore has to be not only reamed but also lapped, it is seen that considerable time and expense may be involved. I have found that by the provision of the disk 23 which is closely fitted to the large bore of the cylindrical portion II of the body II], it is not now necessary to provide a bearing along the entire length of the nose i l, and therefore a savin is effected as a result.

' A modification'of the invention is shown in Fig. 4, and inthis figure parts similar to those of Figs. 1 through 3 have been given like characters. A diiference between the modification of Fig. 4 and the construction of Figs. 1 through 3 resides in the length of the pin, and the structure of the screw plug threaded into the inner or lower end of the body II). The pin 28 is normally made longer than the pin 22, and a screw plug 29 is provided which has a bore 36 extending entirely through it to slidably receive the lower end of the pin 28.

An adjusting anvil screw 3| having a bore 32 extending between its ends is threaded in the cavity l2 of the bed I 3 of the machine below the pin 28 and bod I l, and a hardened metal disk 33 is interposed between, on the one hand the upper end of the screw 32 and on the other hand the adjacent end surfaces of the pin 28 and plug 29. When the pin 28 is forced to its retracted position the inner or bottom end of the pin is flush with the adjacent face of the plug 29,.and both pin and plug are thus backed up by thedisk 33 and anvil screw 3! Initially the pin 28 is set or adjusted in the proper retracted position by' placing the body and pin assembly as shown in a fixture which accurately positions the tip of the pin with respect to the nose [4 of the body, and by then grinding oi! the face or the vplug 29 and. the adjacent end of thepin so that these are flush with each other, and an important consideration is that this operation does not require disrmtntlnig of the assembly. The adjustment for the amount of protrusion of the pin 28 is accomplished in the manner described. in connection with Figs. 1 through '3 by shifting the press-fitted dish 23 to anew location on the pin 28;

By the provision of the disk'33 and bore 32 in the screw 3|, itis possible, without changing the setting of the anvil screw 3| or removing the same, to easily maintain the cavity l2 in. bed [3, clean and free fromdirt and chips which have a tendency to accumulate on and adhere to the disk 33, especially when the rivet set-ting tool is changed a number of times. such dirt and foreign matter may alter the relative posi tions of the body H and pin 2i? when the latter is in retracted position, sufiicie'ntly so to defeat proper rivetting;

In cleaning out the dirt and chips irom the cavity I! it is merely necessary to insert a knockout rod in the bor 32 of the screw 3|, and eject the roll set and also the disk'33 from the cavity. The disk 33 may obviously be easily cleaned when out of the cavity, and if clean it insures the end surfaces of the pin 23 and plug 29 being absolutely flush when the tool and disk are set in place in the cavity and apiece of Work is being rivetted.

The bore 32 in the anvil screw 3! need not be very large, and, as shown, is preferably of smaller diameter than the pin 28.

Variations and modifications may be made within the scope of this invention and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

I claim:

1. A rivet setting tool comprising a tubular body; a round guide pin slidably carried insaid body for protrusion therefrom; andadjustable means for limiting the amount of protrusion of the pin from the body, said means including a collar having a bore of slightl less diameter than the pin; afliXed to the pin solely by a press fit, and located to abut a portion of the body, said collar being shif table to different positions on the pin.

2. A rivet setting tool comprising a tubular body having bore portions of smaller and larger diameter; a round guide pin slidably carried in the body for protrusion therefrom, said pin engaging and bearing on the bore portion of smaller diameters; and adjustable means for limiting the amount of protrusion of the pin from the body, said means including a collar having a bore of slightly less diameter than the pin affixed to the pin solely by a press fit and located to abut a portion of the body, said collar having a circumference concentric with the pin and being shiftable to different positions on the pin without altering the concentricity of the circumferences of the pin and collar, said collar bearing on the bore portion of larger diameter.

3. A rivet setting tool comprising a tubular body having a cylindrical bore at one end, the length of said bore being on the order of one to one and a half times the bore diameter, and said body having a cylindrical bore of larger diam eter spaced from said end; a round guide pin slidably carried in the body for protrusion therefrom, said pin bearing on the bore at the body end; and adjustable means for limiting the amount of protrusion of the pin from the body, said means including a collar having a bore of shglrtly ldss diameter than the pin afftxedi to the pin solely by a press fit and located to abut a portion of the body, said. collar having a circumference concentric with the pin and being shittable to different positions on the pin bearing on said bore or larger diameter.

4. Al rivet setting tool comprising a tubular body; a round guide pin slidably carried in said body'for protrusion therefrom; adjustable means for limiting the amount of protrusion of the pin rrom the body, said means including a collar having a bore of slightly less diameter than the pin afiixed to the pin solely by a press and located to abut a portion of the body, said collar being shiftable to dliierent positions on the pin; and anot on the end of the body, having a projection engageable v'ziththe end of the pin to backup the pin during retracted position thereof.

5. A rivet setting tool removableas a unit from a riveting machine, comprising a tubular body having an exterior shape to enable it to be removably seated and supported a cavity of the riveting machine'- bed; a round guide pin. slidably carried in said bod for protrusion there-- from; adjustable means for limiting the amount of protrusion of the pin. from the body, said means including a collar having a bore of slightly less diameter than the pinv affixed to the pin solely by a press fit, and located to abut a portion of the body, said collar being shiftable to diiferent positions on the pin; and a out on the end or the body, having a bore slldably receiving the said pin for different adjusted positions of the collar, said nut providing a bearing for the'pin.

6. In a riveting machine, a rivet setting tool removable as a unit from the machine, comprismg a tubular body having an enterior shape to enable it to be removably' seated and. supported iria cavity of the riveting machine bed; a round guide pin slidably carried inthe body for protrusion therefrom; adjustabl means for limiting the amount of protrusion of the pin from the body,- said means including a collar having a bore of slightly less diameter than the pin amxed to the pin solely by a press fit and 'slidably engagingthe interior of the body, said collar being located to abut a portion of the body, and being shiftable to different positions on the pin without altering the concentricity of the circumferences of the pin and collar; a not on the end of the body, having a bore slidably receiving the said pin for different adjusted positions of the collar, said nut providing a bearing for the pin; and means carried by the machine for engaging the unit and positioning it on the machine, said means backing up the nut and pin when the pin is in retracted position.

'7. In a riveting machine, a bed having a recess therein; a unitary rivet-setting tool in said recess removable therefrom as a unit, comprising a tubular :body; a round guide pin slidably carried in the body for protrusion therefrom; means for limiting the amount of protrusion of the pin from the body, said means including a collar having a bore of slightly less diameter than the pin *aifixed to the pin solely by a press fit and located to abut a portion of the body, said collar bearing on the interior of the body; a nut on the end of the body, having a bore slidably receiving the said pin for different adjusted positions of the collar, said nut providing a bearing for the pin; and means including a loose metal disk carried in the recess of the machine bed for engaging the unit and positioning it on the machine, said disk backing up the nut and pin when the pin is in retracted position, said disk being removable from the recess of the bed whereby accumulated dirt and chips adhering to the disk may be readily removed therefrom.

8. In a riveting machine, a bed having a recess therein; a unitary rivet-setting tool in said recess removable therefrom as a unit, comprising a tubular body; a round guide pin slid-ably carried in the body for protrusion therefrom; means for limiting the amount of protrusion of the pin from the body, said means including a collar having a bore of slightly less diameter than the pin affixed to the pin solely by a press fit and located to abut a portion of the body, said collar bearing on the interior of the body; a nut on the end of the body, having a bore slidably receiving the said pin for different adjusted positions of the collar, said nut providing a bearing for the pin; an adjusting screw threaded in the bed of the machine and extending into the said recess; and a loose metal disk in contact with said screw, for engaging the unit and positioning it on the machine, said disk backing up the nut and pin when the pin is in retracted position, said disk being removable from the recess of the bed whereby accumulated dirt and chips adhering to the disk may be readily removed therefrom.

9. In a riveting machine, a bed having a recess therein; a rivet-setting tool in said recess removable therefrom as a unit, comprising a tubular body; a round guide pin slidably carried in the body for protrusion therefrom; adjustable means for limiting the amount of protrusion of the pin from the body, said means including a collar having a bore of slightly less diameter than the pin aifixed to the pin solely by a press fit and located to abut a portion of the body, said collar bearing on the interior of the body and being shiftable to different positions on the pin without altering the concentricity of the circumferences of the pin and collar; a nut on the end of the body, said nut having a bore slidably receiving the said pin for different adjusted positions of the collar, said nut providing a bearing for the pin; and an adjusting screw threaded in the bed of the machine and extending'into the said recess for engaging and positioning the unit, said screw backing up the nut and pin when the pin is in retracted position, said screw having a bore Of diameter smaller than the pin to receive a knock-out tool for ejecting the pin and body from the recess.

10. In a riveting machine, a bed having a recess therein; a rivet-setting tool in said recess removable therefrom as a unit, comprising a tubular :body; a round guide pin slidably carried in the body for protrusion therefrom; means for limiting the amount of protrusion of the pin from the body, said means including a collar having a bore of slightly less diameter than the pin affixed to the pin solely by a press fit and located to abut a portion of the body, said collar bearing on the interior of the body; a nut on the end of the body, having a bore slidably receiving the said pin for different adjusted positions of the collar, said nut providing a bearing for the pin; an adjusting screw threaded in the bed of the machine and extending into the said recess; and a loose metal disk in contact with said screw, for engaging the unit and positioning it on the machine, said disk backing up the nut and pin when the pin is in retracted position, said screw having a bore to receive a knock-out tool for ejecting the pin, body and loose metal disk whereby accumulated dirt and chips adhered to the disk may be readily removed therefrom.

VICTOR M. CALTHAM.

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